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World Record #95 – Usain Bolt in the 100m dash
Usain Bolt has set a new world record in the 100 meter dash – 9.58 seconds: English version with slow motion Compare to his 2008 Olympic run, where he posted a time of 9.69 seconds even after...
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World record #96 – Usain Bolt sets a new 200-meter record at 19.19 seconds.
This video shows Usain Bolt setting the world record for the 200-meters in Berlin on August 20, 2009: Earlier this week he set the world record for the 100-meters at 9.58 seconds. If he had run two...
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Interesting Reading #328
Making Babies in Space May Be Harder Than It Sounds – “According to Japanese biologists, defects in their microgravity embryos suggest that “fertilization can occur normally” in space, but standard...
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How Running Shoes Don’t Work
We are bombarded with shoe ads from companies like Nike, Adidas and Reebok. These ads tell us how much protection the shoes offer. Here is a typical discussion of the Nike Shox shoes, which are said to...
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How Treadmills and Exercise Bikes Don’t Work – if weight loss is your goal,...
As pointed out in the following video, many (if not most) people who use the gym spend a lot of time using treadmills, elliptical machines and exercise bikes. And lots of other people are walking and...
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Could you run 151 miles across the Sahara Desert?
It’s interesting what will drive a man to drink his own urine. In Mauro Prosperi’s case, it was a sandstorm. The poor guy got lost in one while he was running Morocco’s Marathon des Sables. To call...
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The Forgetfulness of the Long-distance Runner
(iStockphoto/Thinkstock) There’s this aspect of running that is probably the most challenging obstacle to just going forever. Beyond the burn in the legs and the chest, or the weakness that develops in...
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Flee from the Running Dead in a Zombie-Infested 5K
If you like your zombies more “28 Days Later” than “The Walking Dead,” then you’d probably love something like the “Run for Your Lives” 5K race. If you’re wondering what competitive running has to do...
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PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 57: The Culture of Running
There are so many things we didn’t get to in this podcast! Ultra marathoners, the polarizing effect of Dean Karnazes, Eddie Izzard’s 43 marathons for charity — the list goes on. And even so, it’s a...
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PopStuff Show Notes: Episode 66: Tracy and Holly’s Running Playlists
Several listeners have asked for music podcasts, and here’s our first one! We took a giant risk with this episode by doing a thing we’ve never done before: putting in clips of things. Here’s what we...
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